Filmbooth 2008 opens in Delhi today

A unique festival of short films, Filmbooth 2008, is getting underway in Delhi on December 19. This three-day festival is being organised by Forum for Films, a community for short filmmakers, at the India Habitat Centre.

Planned on the lines of LA Shortfests, The Manhattan Shorts, NY Shorts, the event aims at bringing together short films from across the country, providing a common platform to filmmakers to showcase their talent.

Apart from movies selected for participation, the festival will also screen short movies made by renowned filmmakers, including special short films made on AIDS. The festival opens with Mira Nair’s film, ‘Migration’. The other films include Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Blood Brothers’, Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Positive’ and Santosh Sivan’s ‘Parambha’.

The event will also feature experts’ talks and open discussion sessions, where filmmakers, audience and experts connect on a single forum to discuss the latest and the best in the short films ecosystem.